Voting-machine



1 the meansfor controlling it'and insuring its UNrrnn STATES.

'ATENT F'FICEQ WILLIAM M. CUTTER, or MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

VOTING-MACHINE...

SPECIFICATION forming as of Letters Patent No. 519,494, dated May 8, 1394.,

Applioationfiled November 17,1893. 'Serial No.491,247. .(No model) i 1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. CUTTER, a

citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Marysville, county of Yuba, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Voting Machines; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. g

My invention relates to the class of voting machines, and it consists in a box having swinging doors, which, by their movement in aifording access to the interior, adjust and set suitable devices'within, adapted to beopis reg erated by the voter, whereby his vote istered.

It also consists in the voting mechanism,

proper and restricted use, the means'for registerin g the votes for the, different candidates, the means for registering-the'total votes .cast, and various details of construction, arrange ment and combination, all of which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, eifective and accurate voting machine, in which provision is made for the necessities of the election and the proper conditions of exercising the electoral franchise.

Referring to the accompanying drawings 3o for a more complete explanation of my invention,-Figure 1 is a perspective front view of my machine,'the doors a being shown open. Fig. '2 is a vertical cross section on the line y-y of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the box D, showing the interior mechanism. Fig. 4-is a top view of the machine, the upper wall of case A, and the box D being removed. Fig. 5 is a front view of the voting mechanism. I

A is abox or caseof suitable size. Within this is firmly secured a fixed frame 13 composed of a front and a back portion separated from each other and suitably connected. Within this frame, between its front andback portions, is a slidable frame 0 supported and suitably guided in a vertical position. This slidable frame. is normally held pressed to the front, by-means of a'spring cabove and below, said spring encircling a rod 0 projectingbackwardly from the frame (1 and moving through a suitable bearing 1) on the back of the fixedframe B. The spring bears between this'bearing b and the sliding frame and by its expansion holds the frame normally forward. s

Upon the front of the sliding frame 0, above and below, is a fixedincline 0 one at each corner.

The frontof the box A has swinging doors a, each of which, above and below, has secured to it, a presser arm a, the inner ex-' tremity of which is adapted to bear upon the incline 0?. When the doors are wide open, these arms are not in contact with the inclinesc and the frame 0 is then held 'forward by its spring. 0. But upon closing the doors, the arms a come in contact with. the inclines c and thereby press and hold the frame 0 back, while the forward pressure of the spring pressed frame upon the angular arms or leversa causes them to hold the doors closed. This is due to the fact that the arms or levers a" project beyond the hinged edges of the doors. the arms a. gradually relieve. the inclines c and thereupon the springs 0 force the frame 0 forward again. This reciprocation of the frame thus effected and controlled by the opening and closing of the doors is takenadvantage of to register the total number of op-, erations of the doors, and ultimately to register the total .votes cast, because, as will be.

and so mounted that as the frame is pressed back, the pawl will engage the ratchet (being rigid in that direction) and will turn the screw shaftand throughthe gearing will turn the drum (1. As the frame moves forward again,

the pawl 0 yields in this direction and slips.

the ratchet. Upon drum d are spirally at:

Upon opening the doors again a p Upon the slidable frame 0 is a pawl 0 spring controlled ranged the figures d in continuous series. In

front of the box is a slide cover (1? with asight aperture (1 adapted to expose a single num- 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

. WALTER DORSEY, OF DoRsEYvILLE, AND JOHN E. BRENNEISEN, OF

UNIONVILLE, MARYLAND.

BUTTER-MOLD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 519,495, dated May 8, 1894;

pp c fi ed September15, 1893. Serial No. 485.614. (Ne model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER DORSEY, of Dorseyville, (Gary P. O.,) in the .county of Howard, and JOHN E. BRENNEISEN, of Unionville, in the county of Frederick, State of Maryland, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Combined Butter Mold and Print, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in butter molds. T Y

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive butter mold, by which a print of butter may be readily formed and impressed withthe desired design and expelled or removed from the mold without injury to the print. I

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully, described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a butter mold constructed in accordance with this invention, the sections being closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same the. Fig. 3 is a reverse plan or sides thereof sections being open. view of the mold,the sections being closed. I

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate similarsides or sections of a butter mold frame, hinged together at their adjacent longitudinal edges at one side of the butter mold frame, .and adapted to swing apart as shown in Fig. 2'to assist the removal of a print of butter. The sides or sections 1 and 2 are vertically disposed and are provided at .their bottoms with oppositely disposed similar corresponding mold recesses 3, forming a mold chamber when the sides or sections are closed, and provided with depend ing sides having beveled lower edges 4 to enable the butter mold to readily cut its way into a quantity of. butter. The mold chamber may, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, be rectangularor cubical, but'acylindrical or any other shape of mold chamber may be employed if desired. The upper walls of the mold recesses 3 are provided with corresponding grooves 5 adapted, when the sides or sections 1 and 2 are closed, toform an opening for a stem 6 of a plunger or follower 7. The plunger or follower 7 is provided in its lower face with depressions to form a suitable raised design on a print of butter, and it will be readily seenthat any desired design may bereadily employed. The stem of the plunger is threaded and is arranged in an opening of anarm 8 of a plate 9; it is provided with nuts 10 and 11 located above and below the arm 8; and a spiral spring 12 is disposed on the upper portion ofthe stem 6, and is interposed between the arm 8 and the upper nut 10. The lower nut is located below the arm 8 and is adapted to be adjusted on the threaded stem to limit the upward movement of the plunger or follower 7, and is adaptedv to regulate the position of the plunger or follower within the mold chamber. The lower end of the stem is provided with an attachment plate which is preferably in the formof a disk, and

the upper walls of the mold recesses3 are provided with segmental recesses to receive the attachment plate and to permit the plunger or follower to fit against the top of the mold chamber.

The sides or sections 1 and 2 arelocked when closed by a bell-crank lever 13 fulcrumed on one of the sides or sections and provided at its lower end with a short arm which has a triangular recess 14 to engage a projection ranged in the angle between the arms of the lever.

ily formed and impressed with the desired design,'and it may be'carriedfrom a tub or other receptaclein the mold and may be deposited without injury-to the shape or design at the desired place.

n will be readily seen that the mold is sim ,ple and comparatively inexpensive in constr'uctiomthat it is adapted to be readily handied, and that it is adapted to enable prints The butter mold enables a printto be read door of the box, and a tripping device operated by a given movement of the shaft, to permit the return of the lock, substantially as herein described.

7. In a voting machine, the combination of an exterior box, having a swinging door, a rotatable shaft within, having a hand-wheel for turning it and an indicator to register its movement, a movable locking block normally engaging the hand-wheel to prevent it from turning, a slid-able frame operated by the opening and closing of the doors to relieve the hand-wheel of its locking block, and a catch for temporarily holding said block and operated by a given movement of the handwheel to release the block to permit it to return to its normal engagement, to hold the wheel and shaft, substantially as herein described.

'8. A voting machine comprising a hand operated shaft provided with an indicating mechanism to register its movement, a lock normally engaging the shaft and preventing its rotation, a slide for retractingthe lock whenever the voter places the machine in active condition by operating the slide, a trip 1 to hold the lock retracted, and actuated by 1 the shaft when the voter operates it to release the lock and permit it to again lock the right casing provided with vertical double doors to form a booth or inclosure when swung open, lever arms carried by the hinged ends of the doors, and entering the interior of the 1 casing, a shaft Within the casing having opi crating means extending through the front of thecasing for actuation by the voter, and havs ing an indicator to register its movement, a

sliding frame in the casing and in the path of the said lever arms, and a locking mechanism 1 retracted by said lever arms upon opening the doors,a trip operated by the shaft-for releasingtlie said lock to permit it to again lock the shaft, and a registering mechanism oper- 1 ated by the said slide to register every time the doors are opened, substantially as herein described.

10. A voting machine comprising a casing having swinging doors provided at their hinged edges with lever arms projecting past said edges,a spring pressed frame in the casing and having inclines at its corners engaging said lever arms, and by which said arms retract the frame when the doors are being opened,

and which through said arms hold the doors holding the lock retracted, and released by the shaft upon an attempt to further operate the shaft, substantially as herein described.

11. In a voting machine, the combination of i the slidable frame adapted by the exigencies of the machine to be operated by the performance of each voter in exercising his franchise, the rotatable drum having the spirally directed indicating figures, and the means for operating the drum consisting of the pawl on the frame, the shaft having the ratchet with which the pawl engages, and gearing between the shaft and'drnm,a casing for said drum provided with a slot, and the means for exhibiting the indicating figures, consisting of the apert ured sliding coverplate over said slot, and the traveler nut seated on the shaft and having an arm engaging said cover plate, substantially as herein described.

12. A voting machine comprising a casing having a hinged lid and a front provided with sight apertures, a registering mechanism in the casing, the numerals of which are visible through said apertures, operating hand Wheels exposed for actuation through said" front, hinged front doors adapted to render said mechanism operative, anda vertically movable slide E, over said front and adapted to be raised and lowered upon opening the lid of the case to expose and cover said sight apertures, substantially as herein described.

13. In a voting machine, the rotatable shafts with their indicator drums and hand wheels, the sliding locking blocks, the slidable frame and the catches, in combination with the swinging holding arm M for the frame, the cam rod 0 of said frame and the vertically movable bar L with its stop blocks-operated by said cam rod and adapted to lock the catches, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM M. CUTTER.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. STRONG, S. H. Nonnsn. 

